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# stethoscope

«stethoscope» in Mova's school dictionary: **A doctor's tool with earpieces and a tube with a small…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a stethoscope, stethoscopes)

### meaning for a pupil

A doctor's tool with earpieces and a tube with a small disc at the end, used to listen to the heart, lungs and breathing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons, a stethoscope lets you hear a heartbeat; pupils count beats per minute. In stories and role play, a doctor wears a stethoscope round the neck. Phrases: listen with a stethoscope.

### examples

- The doctor listened to my chest with a stethoscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/#x1)
- The disc of the stethoscope felt cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/#x2)
- Through the stethoscope I heard my heart beating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/#x3)
- The vet used a stethoscope on our dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/#x4)
- She wore a toy stethoscope for the school play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/#x5)
- Count the heartbeats you hear in 15 seconds, then multiply by 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/#x6)

### note

Countable. Pronounced STETH-o-scope. A beats-per-minute calculation: beats in 15 seconds × 4 = beats in one minute.

### In the corpora

- [Vets use a stethoscope, just like doctors, to listen to an animal's heart and lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/227-the-vet/6/)
- [A stethoscope lets the doctor hear the heart and lungs, and wheezes or crackles can be signs of illness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/25-the-gp-the-family-doctor-and-the-nurse/6/)
- [A stethoscope lets a doctor listen to the heart and lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/94-medicines-doctors-hospitals/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stethoscope» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stethoscope/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.